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A new biography of RSS’s founder KB Hedgewar recounts Gandhi’s impression of its training camps
Sachin Nandha
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This book examines the legal history of mercy and violence as vital facets of colonial rule in India
Alastair McClure
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A new book examines the violent legacy of the Criminal Tribes Act on Tamil Nadu’s Maravar community
Radha Kumar
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From the memoir: Mountaineer Frank S Smythe (1900-1949) writes about his ascent of the Kanchenjunga
Frank S Smythe
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March global nonfiction: These six recently published books capture the many moods of human history
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A new book on All India Radio’s history looks back at the roles of jingles and spots in advertising
Vikrant Pande Neelesh Kulkarni
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Who were the people and ideas that inspired revolutionaries MN Roy and Virendranath Chattopadhyay?
Kavitha Rao
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‘Courtesy of Criticism’: Literary critic Kirtinath Kurtkoti’s essays exhibit his capacious vision
Nikhil Govind
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March nonfiction: Six recently published titles that explore crucial moments of Indian history
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In his new book, Pico Iyer travels deep into inner stillness and joy during his stays at a monastery
Pico Iyer
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India has 73 million single women. What is love in their lives like?
Rituparna Chatterjee
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‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
Shakir Mir
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A new book examines the rich and fascinating history of Kutch, spanning nearly three centuries
Mariam Dossal
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Linguist Peggy Mohan examines early Indus Valley languages and their lack of ‘literature’
Peggy Mohan
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A new book examines Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s hold on Punjab’s culture despite controversies
Santosh K Singh
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In a new book, cricketer Pat Cummins interviews former Australian PM Julia Gillard and others
Pat Cummins
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The exotic, the respectable, and the vulnerable: How the coloniser’s photographs saw Indian women
Hardik Brata Biswas
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A new book analyses how refusing to recognise the Opposition formally hinders democracy in India
Gautam Bhatia
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‘Hindi Hindu Histories’: Fascinating accounts of four 20th-century outliers who imagined new futures
Polly O’Hanlon
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Global February nonfiction: Six recently published titles that probe urgent questions of our world
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